A Death In The Family Novel Novels & Stories

"Clara’s lost her mind. Send her to Ravenwood Asylum." From the moment they locked me inside, Aiden made sure someone came every day to torture me. The man I once loved more than anything wanted me dead. Three months later, I finally broke. I died without ever knowing why that prenatal report had condemned both me and my baby. The terror of that past life surged back. My hand brushed against the faint heat of my belly. I drew in a long breath. This time, I would find out the truth. No matter what.

Mom and Dad's deaths weren't something I had anticipated, but they only confirmed my suspicions. Ignoring how weak my body was, I picked up my baby and walked out onto the balcony. Out on the yard, my parents lay there, still and silent. The crimson blood around them was blinding, like a reflection of the sins they'd committed. No matter how many years passed, they could never escape the shadows that haunted their lives. Martha, on the other hand, had fainted. Her heartbeat was steady though. Perhaps she'd been scared unconscious by the sound of my baby boy's crying.

"You knew...how I always tried to run away from furious death if there was one, I never went close to it. But...that was the kind of death that my family had. I couldn't just run away from your corpse as they pulled your pieces out of that car. I didn't know how you ended up in that car and raced to the highway. But, all you should know is that all my thoughts towards you didn't skim anything negative about you. I waited for somebody to come to claim the car but no one showed up. Then I could comprehend that all you did was the best even though you died. Your father was found in that building after a few days, shot dead as the blood from his head already dyed the floor. The depressed me coul

Yet, they never imagined that their family would end because of the same reason. Dustin Fox’s bloodshot eyes glinted with unyielding rage. The Cave family had grown successful because of the death of his own family. He killed the core members of the Cave family. He killed the elderly, women and children. He killed everyone he saw. He killed any living thing on the property. Corpses littered the ground, and blood streamed like a river. More people rushed out from the Cave family villa. There was a never-ending stream of people who fell at Dustin’s feet and died.

I was breathing so fast and heavily, my breath felt hot under my nostrils. I had felt the eerie presence of death all night, but not for my family, for me instead. I was the only one that was supposed to die tonight, not them, not my innocent family. I hadn’t bargained for this or even considered the possibility of it. Of course, I knew Liam was wicked and didn’t mind killing anyone just to get me, but it never crossed my mind that he would go this far. As far as wiping out my family, my innocent brother, my mother who only wanted to live a peaceful life.

“Once he’s back, I’ll need to have a good talk with him. Acting out like that over some woman—it’s disgraceful for the eldest son of this family.” The butler handed him a cup of tea, his expression tense. “Sir, the team you sent to deal with the woman and her child has reported back…” Michael’s brow furrowed. “What did they say?” The butler hesitated. “Mr. Marcus’s small diner caught fire a few days ago. Though the blaze wasn’t severe, all three members of his family died from smoke inhalation.” “Ridiculous!” Michael slammed the teacup down, the porcelain shattering on the floor. His sharp mind immediately sensed the deeper implications.

His voice was cracking. “Something terrible has happened! The whole Zimmer family is all dead!” The boisterous yard fell into a dead silence. Every eye locked onto him. The man gasped for breath as he choked out the rest of his words. “They’re saying it was the boy, Jacob. He put rat poison in the dinner! It was meant for Summer, but… He ended up killing everyone in his family. None of them made it!” I lowered my gaze and scooped another bite of food in silence.

Who'd gotten married to whom, The town butcher had apparently gone to jail for fraud, Mrs Beckett had a miracle baby in her fifties, John Lauder was now a national football champion like we all knew he was going to be and The head pastor had moved with his family to Europe and thus been replaced. Dad mostly nodded and groaned in agreement or disagreement of whatever mum was saying though. It felt like a normal family dinner except for the empty chairs besides and across from me. “It's not all been good news though." Mother said, taking a sip of water to chase down the potatoes, “We just heard this evening of Joanne's death. You remember her don't you? Joanne Holden?” I hoped the low lighting

The Anderson family was the most prominent family in Northerna City. Hence, the news of Elizabeth's death naturally spread like wildfire. Yvonne had just given Elvin clothes for him to change into when she received a series of voice messages from Rachel. She played the first. "Mrs. Anderson Senior has passed away! The Anderson family …" Yvonne immediately paused it halfway through and turned around subconsciously to spare a glance at her son, who was changing his clothes obediently. After making sure that he hadn't heard the news, she let out a sigh of relief and turned the rest of the voice messages into texts.

Her father was an American soldier and her mom a waitress. They were both gone now, but all of her family was unfortunately. She’d had a son named Geoff about five years younger than Nina; he was killed by a drunk driver when he was only 17. She only spoke of him once though she had pictures all over. It nearly killed her though somehow when Nina wandered off as a junkie she didn’t have the same feelings of loss.